[PW] Jabip or Jabib

[Tom Zurinskas]

Back in Danbury CN in the early 60"s it was "Jabip" ~Jubbip (Juh-BIP) as spoken by my buddy's mom. Possibly the only place I've ever heard it.

Tom Zurinskas, Conn 20 yrs, Tenn 3, NJ 33, now Fl 9.
Tilde (~) indicates ~truespel  http://justpaste.it/ayk






> ---------------------- Information from the mail header -----------------------
> Sender: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Poster: Hugo <hugovk at GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Re: [PW] Jabip or Jabib
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I found a 1973 quotation in where else but the Newsletter of the =
> American Dialect Society. First some more recent quotations.
>
> ---
>
> USENET
>
> 1993 - rec.models.rockets
>
> [Begin extract]
> Here's what happens: Rocket takes off. Initial thrust spike is over. =
> Rocket
> flops on its side (while still in the air) and turns into a cruise =
> missile.
> Rocket flies towards East Jabib, Timbucktu, where ever. Get the picture?
> [End extract]
>
> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.models.rockets/0XI6gO7liDM
>
> ---
>
>
> GOOGLE NEWS
>
> 1990, Jun 18 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette : BILLY STARTS THE FIRE AT =
> STAR...=E2=80=8E
> $2.95=20
>
> [Begin extract]
> "I paid $28 to get my ticket," he complained, "and then another five =
> bucks to park way on the other side of the lot, out in East Jabib. ...
> [End extract]
>
> =
> http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=3DPG&p_theme=3Dpg&p=
> _action=3Dsearch&p_maxdocs=3D200&p_topdoc=3D1&p_text_direct-0=3D0EADE6A604=
> 096B4F&p_field_direct-0=3Ddocument_id&p_perpage=3D10&p_sort=3DYMD_date:D&s=
> _trackval=3DGooglePM
>
> ---
>
> GOOGLE NEWS
>
> 1989, Oct 16 - Chicago Sun-Times : `Pulitzer' earns booby prize as =
> sleazy...=E2=80=8E
> $2.95 -
>
> [Begin extract]
> Unless you were living in East Jabip back in the early 1980s, it was =
> impossible not to be innundated with the press coverage of the =
> scandalous Palm Beach, ...
> [End extract]
>
> =
> http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=3DCSTB&p_theme=3Dcs=
> tb&p_action=3Dsearch&p_maxdocs=3D200&p_topdoc=3D1&p_text_direct-0=3D0EB36E=
> 8067064DFC&p_field_direct-0=3Ddocument_id&p_perpage=3D10&p_sort=3DYMD_date=
> :D&s_trackval=3DGooglePM
> ---
>
> GOOGLE BOOKS
>
> Possible 1987 - Yuppies invade my house at dinnertime: a tale of brunch, =
> bombs, and gentrification in an American city - Page 18 - Joseph Barry, =
> John Derevlany - Snippet view
>
> [Begin extract]
> Many insufferable New Yorkers come from places like Delaware, =
> California, Minnesota, Hawaii, (especially) Massachusetts, and East =
> Jabib for that matter. Even "natives" grasp such obvious truths. Being a =
> New Yorker is, after all, a state of ...
> [End extract]
>
> http://books.google.com/books?id=3DTSa7AAAAIAAJ
>
> ---
>
> GOOGLE BOOKS
>
> I expect another list member can confirm this next snippet, but in any =
> case it says it's from the fifties and contains a 1973 quotation.
>
> Possible 1983 - Newsletter of the American Dialect Society, Volumes =
> 15-19
> American Dialect Society - Page 44
>
> [Begin extract]
> jabib =E2=80=94 or perhaps this should be Jabib, a place name? It =
> suggests remoteness: back- o'-beyond or the boondocks, and was heard =
> among high school students in the fifties and from a teacher in 1973: =
> 'Way out to Jabib." What does it mean, and how is it pronounced?
> [End extract]
>
> http://books.google.com/books?id=3DxXhBAQAAIAAJ
>
> Perhaps there's more in the NADS archives. (I found a recent archive =
> online: http://www.americandialect.org/category/nads -- it only goes =
> back to 1998/volume 30 and it's not mentioned in those (actually, the =
> PDFs for 1998 issues 30.2 and 30.3 are broken).)
>
> ---
>
> Hugo
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org